Fifth National Climate Assessment shows what the Northwest can expect without climate action

The Daily

On Nov. 14, the Biden Administration released the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA) detailing how climate change is affecting the United States and how institutions and communities are responding. The report, mandated every four years, is written by researchers and federal agencies to condense the most recent climate data and break the effects down by 10 regions. 

2023 to be the hottest year ever recorded, scientists say

NPR

Climate scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have found there’s a more than 99% chance that 2023 will have the hottest recorded global average temperature, beating out 2016, the previous leader.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

The climate crisis will amplify the UK’s existing health inequalities

The Guardian

The health inequalities between different ethnicities, neighborhoods and social classes are already stark, with millions of women in the most deprived areas in England dying almost eight years earlier than those from wealthier areas.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

Health is on the agenda at UN climate negotiations — here's why that's a big deal

NPR

The health toll of climate change will come under the spotlight at this year’s international climate negotiations in Dubai, known as COP28, where for the first time the meeting will feature prominent conversations about exactly how a warming planet hurts people.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

After Taylor Swift concert death, Brazil searches for accountability

Washington Post

Concertgoers waited for hours in temperatures that reached a heat index of 138 degrees to see Taylor Swift’s first show of the year in Brazil. Many of them were anticipating the concert experience of their dreams: Swift’s Eras Tour had finally come to their country after crashing ticket servers in the U.S. and inspiring its own movie. They didn’t expect to leave feeling like they survived a nightmare.

Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

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